Dorico

Dorico is a music notation manager that can help musicians and composers quickly and reliably manage musical projects of all sizes, with built-in support for a large number of instruments, a wide array of notation tools, engraving, listening, and printing.



Built from the ground up to satisfy the needs of even the most demanding professional composers, this premium notation and composition Windows app can help anyone optimize their daily workflow, be an excellent base for teaching and learning music, and write music with help of a large number of automated tools.

Composing and arranging music is simple with Dorico because this app can actively adjust the notations as they are written and with support for 1,500 sounds, the final product can be as detailed and extensive as the composer desires it to be. The app supports the playback of written notes, and composers can react immediately by taking full control of their projects with a simple and intuitive interface. In addition to the Windows PC app that is distributed as an automated installer, Dorico is also available as a touch-friendly app for iOS tablets, enabling composers and students to quickly access all of their projects and live composing sessions on the go.

Dorico is a great learning tool, helping both teachers and students to take advantage of the streamlined user interface to more quickly compose and arrange projects, with editing tools enabling fast action that can be immediately reproduced with the built-in music player. Teachers can easily produce, arrange, and sort learning material, and share digital projects or printout notes for individual players, bands, school orchestras, and large ensembles.

Publishing tools are fully-featured, enabling composers and arrangers to engrave, print, and copy large musical compositions with ease, both for single and multiple-instrument pieces. With great visual presentation and a clear and easy-to-read style of notation, the projects created with Dorico can even be directly sold as premium music sheets both physically and as digital files.

Features

• Excellent automatic engraving
• Easy note input with intelligent adjustment
• Support for multiple movements/pieces
• Automatic layout of instrumental parts with linked cues
• High-quality playback with 1500 included sounds
• VST 3 support with 30 included virtual instruments/effects
• MIDI editor with sequencer-style piano roll
• DTP page layout
• Advanced notation for chord symbols, percussion, and more
• Proper handling of unbarred music, tuplets, microtonality, etc.
• Transfer to/from other programs via MusicXML, MIDI, PDF, etc.

Dorico is offered to users in several distinct versions. “Dorico SE” is a completely FREE app that has support for up to two instruments. Users are empowered to take their creativity to the limit with this app, with unrestricted access to notation and printing tools. “Dorico for Ipad” is a FREE mobile and touch-friendly version of this app, with built-in support for up to 4 instruments and an in-app subscription for ensembles of all sizes. “Dorico Elements” is a premium app with support for up to 24 instruments with a semi-limited set of features compared to the full-priced “Dorico Pro” that unlocks all capabilities of this powerful app.

PROS

• Excellent automatic engraving
• Easy note input with intelligent adjustment
• Multiple movements/pieces support
• High-quality playback with 1500 sounds
• Touch-friendly app for iPad
• Advanced notation for various instruments
• Free and paid versions available

CONS

• Full version is little expensive
• Some features are only available in the Pro version
• Steep learning curve for beginners

Note: 30 days trial version.